A Briefe Introduction to the Skill of Song, c. 1587: 3 (Classic Texts in Music Education) - Hardcover

Bathe, William; Rainbow, Bernarr

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 086314022X ISBN 13: 9780863140228

Publisher: Boethius Press, 1982

Synopsis

A facsimile of Bathe's work, the first musical text book to appear in the English language, describes musical methods old and new and will be of great interest to musicologists and players of early music. When, in 1584, William Bathe, then just a young student at Oxford, published a tract on the teaching of music, his work became the first musical text book to appear in the English language. No copy of this work now exists, but some years later Bathe produced a new version, now called A brief Introduction to the skill of song. In it Bathe sought to present a new, much simpler way to learn music, in open opposition to the traditional approaches of theday, the "manifold and crabbed, confused, tedious rules", as he puts it. This book, a facsimile of Bathe's work, describes musical methods old and new and will be of great interest to musicologists and players of early music. Introduction by Bernarr Rainbow and published in the series ClassicTexts in Music Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Boethius Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 086314022X
• ISBN 13: 9780863140228
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 80
• Editor: Rainbow Bernarr